My only option for internet access is Mobile Broadband. I'm trying to use wvdial to connect and this appears to be successful in "Terminal". However (though supposedly connected) when I go to "Browse" no websites load.

While not completely new to linux, I'm still limited in my knowledge. I've googled and tried a few solutions (details below) but have hit a stumbling block.

...but still I couldn't get any pages to load in "Browse."3) I went into "Control Panel > Network" and clicked "Remove Network Configuration" and restarted the XO. I still could only get the modem to connect as root and still could not get to any pages.

4) I tried turning off the "Radio" in "Control Panel." Not sure if I did this correctly, as the XO kept searching for a mesh network, but failed to connect to them. I ran wvdial (same command as above) and on this occasion was able to successfully browse the web!!! I don't know how this fluke happened because...

5) Thinking it might have been an issue with being connected to the mesh network (cause I'm correct in understanding you can't connect to the internet and the mesh at the same time, yes?) I turned the XO off and attempted to repeat the process. This time I turned off the radio in the "Power" section. When I ran wvdial --config alltelconfig.txt as root I received a variety of error messages (including one about the text file not existing -- I checked, it's still there -- and error about input/output) before it finally showed a connection. However, once I went to "Browse" I started only getting page errors again. I unclicked all Power management options (turning the radio back on), restarted the XO, and turned the radio off in the Network section again. Terminal showed a connection but no pages would load.

6) After reading that this might be a DNS issue, I viewed file://localehost/etc/resolve.conf in "Browse" and found that no numbers were appearing in the file... Not sure if this is a sign of incorrect settings...

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So, in conclusion, I have no idea what the issue is -- especially since it worked one out of the six+ attempts! I don't know if this is some conflict with the XO searching for the mesh vs. the modem, an issue with my settings, or a problem since I've only been able to connect when working as root. Or if the issue is none of the above...